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Dr. Edward Lavieri
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Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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Lumberyard's testing tools


In the previous section, we indicated that debug and profile builds can be used for debugging and testing your game. Debugging and testing are usually internal to a game project's team. Lumberyard supports these efforts with a couple of utilities. In this section, we will provide an overview of two tools that are part of Lumberyard's utility set: AzTestScanner and Statoscope Profiler.

AzTestScanner

The AzTestScanner utility can be run manually from the command prompt. You will need to locate the AZtestRunner.exe file on your system. Alternatively, you can use the lmbr_test.cmd script. This script file, located in the \dev directory, sets local and Python paths, sets a few properties, and then runs the command python -m aztest.

This scanning utility tests libraries and generates three reports. The first report is a detailed text log of the scanning results. Each library and executable file tested will have a corresponding XML file generated with test results specific...

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Published in: Oct 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786460868

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Dr. Edward Lavieri

Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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